Welcome to TransportInfo. Today's transport news in the UK, hand picked for you each morning.

Breaking News

Dozens of extra buses are being laid on for London’s busiest school routes as pupils go back to class next week.

The government is planning to introduce “alcolocks” in cars and more accurate roadside breathalysers after a rise in drink-driving crashes.

Coronavirus: Rolls-Royce reports record loss as travel slumpsThe company, which makes engines for planes, is cutting jobs and selling assets to bolster its finances.
Europe to start Boeing 737 Max test flightsEU aviation regulators say clearance by their US counterparts will not automatically apply in Europe.

Rise of the propeller setAs airliners are mothballed, a start-up offering cheap flights in tiny aircraft is enjoying unprecedented demand
Finnair in first bond sale by European airline since pandemic beganHunt for yield pushes investors into debt issue from struggling sector

Passenger removed from plane after testing positive for Covid-19Officials say there was ˜little if any risk of transmission as all passengers and crew were wearing face masksCoronavirus â€“ latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage. Hazmat-clad officials rushed on board a Ryanair flight moments before it departed from London Stansted to remove a passenger who had tested positive for coronavirus.

Hazmat officials board Ryanair flight at Stansted and drag off Covid-infected passengerThree officials clad head-to-toe in hazmat suits boarded the plane as it sat on the tarmac in London Stansted. Ryanair passengers were left gripping their seats in horror.
British-Israeli woman sues easyJet for £15,000 after they make her move seats twiceMelanie Wolfson, 38, is claiming 66,438 shekels compensation from the low-cost airline in a lawsuit filed on her behalf by the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC).

Jet2 cancels all flights to Balearic Islands for the rest of summerFlights and holidays to Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca have been cancelled

Tangled Wings: Living with a runway on my doorstep (2020 edition)Online book (free to download) The first edition of Tangled Wings told the story of Gatwick from grass runways in the 1930s to the 2010 election when the Coalition Government ruled out …